“champagne and benzedrine
never again”
― ian fleming, moonraker
bubbling over
over coming
not all over
over, to you
come
on
over
(for justine’s tea party #9)
Brussel
afloat
“yes,” said eeyore,
“one of those would be just the thing
thank you, pooh”
― a.a. milne, the house at pooh corner
afloat, i let my mind drift
the ground below me, afloat
afloat, i needed not a lift
but oh my, how could my chair be
afloat
(henegouwenkaai, molenbeek)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – afloat)
afloat on belgradestreets
afloat with andytownend
tram (point of view)
“there are no facts, only interpretations”
― friedrich nietzsche
(tram maintenance workshop, edingenstraat, molenbeek)
(for tech of the month – point of view via lucile’s photo 101 rehab and perelincolors)
*shot with nikon d700 and nikkor 16-35mm f/4 lens at 19mm, 1/800s at f/4, edited in lightroom 5 with full contrast and structure filter applied in silver efex pro2, the trams missed me*
walking with the dead (again)
“there is a place in the heart that
will never be filled
and
we will wait
and
wait
in that space”
– charles bukowski
shouldn’t we care more
about those
who go
before?
(derelict columbarium, begraafplaats van molenbeek)
(for lucile’s photo 101 rehab)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 16-35mm f/4 lens, all images shot at f/4, edited in lightroom 5, wet plate filter 9 applied in analog efex pro 2, wondering why they have been left like this*
basiliek
“is man merely a mistake of god’s?
or god merely a mistake of man?”
― friedrich nietzsche
she is
pipe dream
screaming in hell
draped
stilted
shining through
crossed out
crucified
clasped
reddened
eliptical
confessed
glowing
once more, I have no words
(nationale basiliek van het heilig hart te koekelberg, brüssel)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 16-35mm lens, all at f/4, some cropped in lightroom 5, otherwise no edits, faith no more*
end
“one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead”
― graham greene
tick tock, don’t look back
tick tock, can’t look back
tick tock, time to close
tick tock, where’s my rose
tick tock, is this it
tick tock, this is
the
end
(for mara’s poetry 101 rehab – end)
ephemeral
“we only pass everything by
like a transposition of air”
― rainer maria rilke, duino elegies
childish screams of joy
oh for that long lost toy
the look in her eyes
as she rocked her thighs
remember the sighs?
(childrens’ playground, marie-josépark, molenbeek)
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – ephemeral)
ephemeral on belgradestreets
ephemeral on andytownend
ephemeral on belgianstreets
(more) ephemeral on belgianstreets
gandhi
“happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony”
― mahatma gandhi
Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parc Marie-José, Joseph Baecklaan, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean.
I will not attempt to add words to those of this inspirational man.
How could I?
(for lucile’s photo rehab)
*shot with nikon d700, nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, iso 200, 1/200 sec at f/7.1, an experiment in posting a photo with no edits*
splashed red
“every person has their own colour”
― haruki murakami, colorless tsukuru tazaki and his years of pilgrimage
splashed red in the park
no more the childlike cries of joy
still red, in the dark?
(marie-josépark, molenbeek)
(for justine’s eclectic corner #8, and as instructed, no filters applied)
(not) fresh
“the mountain of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use”
― john steinbeck
(for wordpress weekly photo challenge – fresh)
belgianstreets 